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Quast
1948
Journal
44
May 1 Umi SSE Santa Rosalia Sea Level Baja California
Arrived here about 6:00 P.M. after the
equivalent of a 3 hours trip from San Ignacio.
We passed by the Tres Virgenes Volcanoes and
fresh-looking lava-flows that were probably
forced out when one of the mountains was said
to erupt, about 1746.
Seen on the trip from San Ignacio to Santa
Rosalia were a California Jay, a Red-tailed
Hawk and an Antelope Ground-squirrel.
A Frigate bird was seen by Trvis just
before we reached Santa Rosalia.
We are camped by the old town of San
Lucus, about 200yds east of the road
and near a small estero where a boat
was being built. A few mangroves are
growing around the shore and may also be
seen growing on a long sand spit south
of us. San Marcos Island is East of us.
Several small bats were seen feeding after
sundown (7:30 P.M.) and one after darks
(8:00 PM).
Before we left San Ignacio the priest said
that there are pictographs in red pigment in
caves about 1 Km. north of the old mission.
May 2 Mulege 25 ft Baja California
Arrived here at noon after leaving previous
camp about 8:30 A.M.